Machine for coating tile, terra-cotta, &amp;c.



F. B. YINGLING. MACHINE FOR COATING TILE, TERRACOTT A; &c.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I4, |913.

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F. B. YINGLING. MACHINE TOR COATIIIG TILE, TERRA COTTA, OC.

APPLICATION FILED IUIIE I4, I9I3.

Patented Sept.

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. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I4 1913. ,K 1,1 96,831 Patentedsept. 5,1916.

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MACHINE FOR COATING TILE, TERRA GOTTA, &c. l

. APPLICATION f|LD.1uNE14. |913.

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FRANK B. YINGLING, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CERAMIC MACHINERY- COMPANY, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 5, wife.

Application led June 14, 1913. Serial No. 773,723.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK B. YINGLING, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hamilton, county of Butler, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Coating Tile, Terra-Cotta, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in machines for applying to desired surfaces of ceramic articles, and particularly tile, terra cotta or brick, a liquid coating which by a subsequent burning operation will be converted into a hard glasslike material. The composition of the liquid coating employed is varied according to the color desired for the finished glazed surfac'e, the character of the material from which the article to be coated is formed, etc.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention, the several parts being shown more or less diagrammatically; Fig. 2 is a side elevation. partly in section, of the machine; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Figs. 4 and la are detail views; Fig. 5 is a side elevation, more or less digrammatic, illustrating a modification of the invention; Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the same; Fig. -7

is a detail view of one of the grippers shown` in Figs. 1 to 3; Fig. 8 is a detail sectional viewA on an enlarged scale of a part of the means for driving one of the ftrimming wheels; Fig. 9 is a detail showing a part of the nozzle adjusting devices detached; Fig. 10 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawings, it -will be seen thatthe machine comprises a suitable supporting frame within which are supported one or more receptacles l for holding liquid coating or glaze forming material. Only one of such receptacles is illustrated in the drawings. It is frequently necessary or desirable to apply two or more layers of coating material to the surfaces to be glazed and therefore the machine preferably includes at least two receptacles 1, each being pro-v vided with means such as hereinafter` described for conveying the coatmg fluid to the surfaces to be treated. For example if bricks formed of relatively coarse clay` are to be treated a finish coating of finer clay or enamel may be firstapplied by one of said sets of coating means and a second coating of glaze material applied to the samesurfaces by the second set of coating means.

The receptacle 1 is mounted to rotate about a vertical axis and for this purposel the bottom 2 thereof is suitably geared to a power mechanism, as in Fig. 6 for example. In the receptacle is suitably supported a tube 4 which is inclined as shown and has its lower en'd deflected or bent laterally so that the action of centrifugal force produced by rotating the receptacle 1 wil-l cause the liquid therein contained to enter and" flow upwardly through said tube. The tube 4 has its upper end connected by a flexible conduit 7 with a nozzle or` coating device 6 that is supported by the framework of the machine in a manner to be hereinafter more particularly described. The nozzle or coating device 6y is preferably made in the form shown, being substantially rectangular in .Cross section and having the outlet or discharge opening 6 formed in its top surface with its greatest dimension extending parallel to the direction in which the articles to be treated are moved thereover.

Beneath themember 6 of the coating devices is arranged a drain pan or basin for receiving the surplus coating liquid flowing from the opening 6 and not adhering to the articles to be coated, said drain `pan being connected with the receptacle l by a return pipe or conduit 8.'l

By the construction described it will be seen that by rotating the receptacle 1 a continuous circulation of the coating liquid will be maintained through said receptacle and the nozzle 6. The particular construction of means hereinbefore described for effecting circulation of the coating liquid. is not an essential part of the present invention and no claim is herein made thereto. It will be evident that any means for effecting a continuous flow of coating liquid from a suitable receptacle to a distributing nozzle .may 'be employed instead of the one described, which however has been found to operate satisfactorily.

The articles to be treated are successively moved across the opening of the nozzle of loo the coating devices with the surfaces thereof .which are to be coated in the path ofthe liquid flowing from said nozzle. As shown, in Figs. 1 to 3 the conveying means comprises two endless chains 10 Which are supported by sprockets carried by verticallil shaftsk kmounted in I' suitable bearings and housings adjacent opposite ends of the machine frame, said chains being shown as guided by channel bars 5. lt will be seen that each link of the chain carries a gripping plate or member 11 which is yieldingly y pressed outward by a suitable spring and that each link is provided with guide rolls 12, 13, engaging flanges on the guiding beams 5. The gripping members 11 of the two'chains are arranged in alinement and so spaced that each pair thereof is adapted to securely grip the article to be treated, as it is'passed intothe space separating the members of the conveyer and the parts are so related that the article will project below said grippers and be maintained in a horizontal position. While the machine is adapted for coating various forms of articles, the drawing illustrates it as'employed for coating brick, but in this description the term brick is not intended to be understood as limited to an article of the exact form illustrated. y

The vertical shafts of the driving sprocketslt are connected by bevel gears with a shaft v15 adapted to be connected with an alined drivingshaft by a clutch 16, said driving shaft having secured thereon a power pulley 17V. Manipulation of the clutch 16 is eected by a'rock shaft 18 extending longitudinally of the machine and provided with an operating handle or lever 19. To maintain thel desired tautness of the chains 10 of the conveyer, the idler sprockets therefor are subjected to the action of suitable springs 21.

As shown, the brick are introduced between the gripping members of the conveyer by means comprising two endless belts 22, 23, between which may be arranged a rotating brush 24C adapted'to clean the lower surface ofthe brick to which the liquid coating is to be applied, and a generally similar discharge belt 25 is provided to receive the coated brick as they are released by the grippers 11. rlhe discharge belt 25 is arranged in a plane slightly below that of the lower surfaces of the bricks while passing the coating devices so that the bricks are delivered from the grippers without danger of being damaged by being dragged over the belt. f the belt 25 should become sufficiently damp from the moisture remaining on the coated sur faces of the bricks it might cause the enamel or glaze coating to adhere thereto more firmly than to the brick, thus drawing said coating from the brick.4 To avoid this a heating device 26 may be provided so that the belt will be maintained in proper dry condition. i

ln coating certain kinds of brick, it is necessary to meisten or dampen the surface to be coated before applying the liquid glaze thereto and for this purpose a roll 27 supincassi ported to turn in a pan 28 containing water may be provided between the feed belt 23 and the coating devices, said roll being so positioned and of such contour that it will contact with the surfaces of the bricks to be coated as they pass thereover.

Experience with machines of this charactruly horizontal position while being coated .i

and during the coating operation are engaged at points above the surfaces to which the coating is applied. lf the bricks are held in an inclined position when the coating ris applied, the liquid will flow toward the lower end thereof and thus the coating will not be of uniform thickness over the entire surface treated. lt is also important that the coating be applied only to the lower surfaces of the bricks and not allowed to flow upwardly lover the sides. For this purpose the outlet of the nozzle 6 is as shown preferably made of less width than the brick and the liquid is caused to flow upwardly and then laterally across the lower surface of the brick. To insure however that any of the coating which may flow upward at the edges of and adhere to the sides of the brick shall be removed, the machine is provided with cutting or grinding devices adapted to yieldably contact with the sides of a brick after the same has passed the coating devices. As shown these cutters are formed as bevel disks 30 arranged at an angle to the line of travel of the bricks and supported by shafts 32, which are supported in pivotally mounted bearings 31. Suitable springs are provided to normally force said disks 30 in to position to contact with the sides of a brick. A guide roll 33 is connected with "each of said shaft bearings and adapted to Contact with the brick to properly position the cutting disk relative thereto.

The means referred to for supporting and actuating the cutters 30 is shown more or less conventionally in Figs. 1 and at and a part thereof in enlarged sectional detail in Fig. 8. As shown in the latter the shaft 32 is made in two sections connected by a universal joint 32a and the sprocket 32b at the outer end of said shaft is connected by a chain with a sprocket on a counter-shaft 32c journaled in suitable bearings on the frame-work of the machine and itself driven through suitable sprockets and a chain 15a will e which may have adhered to the sides of the ing 3l r the cutters 30 to maintain said cutters 1n proper contact with-the brickV passin between them. Such cuttingfdevices ectually remove any of the coatlng brick without damaging the brick, and by employing such cutting means it is not essential that the discharge opening'of the nozzle be .of less width than the brick.

In order that the coating devices may be readily cleaned, the frame by vwhich the nozzle and drain or overiow pan arev sup' ported is mounted so that it may be adjusted vertically. As shown, said frame is lcarried b two arms 34 which are journaled upon a rock shaft 35 mounted in suitable bearings on the main frame and said shaft is provided at one end with an operating" handle 36. A counter balance spring 37 is arranged to bear against an arm 35a depending from the shaft 35. The spring 3T is supported by a rod or bolt 37 projecting from a member of the main supporting frame and passing through an opening 1n.

said arm 35a. A nut or head at the outer end of thisl rod forms an abutment for the spring 37. To insure that the nozzle will be maintained in the desired horizontal relation to the brick, and the endless conveyer by which the brick are moved over the coating mechanism, a link 40 is pivotally connected with a portion of the nozzle supporting frame and the main frame of the machine. The distance between the pivotal centers of the arms 34 and link 40 being the same, insures parallel motion of the members and the nozzle is maintained horizontal.l in.l elther its upper or lower position and adjustable stops are provided forcoperating with the handle 36 to hold Ithe nozzle in either of said positions. As shown in Fig. l0, two lugs are suitably connected with the lever 36 and with these are adapted to co operate two pivotally mounted manuallyl adjustable stops 36a, 36" b'y which the lever and liquid nozzle may be held in either- 'of the two positions referred to.

The channel beams 5, by which the chains 10 are supported and guided are adapted to be, adjusted transversely relative to each other to adapt the machine for Coating arti* cles of different widths. As shown saidl beams are` engaged by suitably threaded shaft 45 that is provided at one end shafts 41, 42, mounted on the frame of the machine and having bevel pinions 43, 44-

with whichv engage similar pinions "on a with la wheel 46by which it may be turned. In Figs. 5 and 6 there is illustrated a slightly modified form of the invention which is designed to prevent the coated surface of the bricks from coming' in contact with any part of the mechanism. With certain classes of brick there is a possibilityof the appearance of the coated surface being marred or the brick slightly damaged by V'Contact with'the delivery belt 25; and the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs.

stantially elliptical form in side elevation and composedV of suitably shaped channel bars. The Wheels 52 of the trucks run in the channels in the bars forming the track and each truck comprises two elastic faced clamping members 53 and an intermediate spring 54 which acts to separate said members so that a brick may be' readily inserted in or removed from the truck.

Guide members 55 extending throughout v the greater portion of the length of the track 50 coperate with compression rolls 56 to hold the members 53 in close engagement with the brick inserted between them.

In usin the machine the brick are successively lnserted in the trucks positioned about the point A in Fig. 5 and the trucks manually moved along the track to the right,

between the compression guides 55 and finto j i' 'l the lower vrun way of the track 50 contacting one with the other and are forced over the 10 coating devices by the action lof the rolls 58. -Each truck is provided at one end with a partition which acts to separate the brick in one truck from that in the following or prev .y y

ceding one in the same mannerl and for the purpose that the plates 29 are employed with the machine illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3. When As shown several trucks are assembled in a truck has been thus moved past the coating s The machine may of course be provided with means such as previously described for removing any ofthe coating whichmay-fiow up on and adhere to the sides of the brick.v

The members of the track 50 are adapted 'devices andinto the upper run way of the to be adjustedtoward and from each other by means of suitably threaded shafts and a citrolling hand wheel G3, so that the machine is adapted for coating bricks of different thickness.

In the accompanying drawings most of the parts are shown more or less diagrammatically as there can manifestly be many heavier or thicker coating. ln view, how-` ever, of the size of the parts, it has been deemed inadvisable to illustrate more than one set of such coating devices in the accompanying drawings.

As hereinbefore noted, the devices particularly illustrated and hereinbefore described are designed for coating flat surfaces, but it will be evident that the invention can be readily embodied in a form adapted to coat irregular surfaces such as are known to the t 'ade as trimmings, moldings, cap and base and relief designs.

Having described my invention What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is,

1. In a machine for applying a liquid coating to a brick, the combination With a nozzle and means for supplying liquid coating material thereto, of meansL arranged to grasp a brick and carry itinto and from a position where the surface to be coated will be in the path of liquid issuing from the noz,-

zle, said brick engaging and supporting' means being continuously out of contact with the surface to be coated and out of the path of the liquid coating liquid.

2. ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to a brick, the combination of a nozzle arranged to discharge liquid coating material in an upward direction, a conveying means moving across the mouth of the nozzle above the path of liquid issuing therefrom and adapted to engage a brick at points above the surfa ce thereof to be coated and to carry said surface into and from the path of the liquid discharged by the nozzle.

3. ln a machine fo applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination of a. receptacle for liquid coating material, a discharge nozzle connected with the receptacle, means for engaging opposite sides of a brick and carrying` it across the nozzle with the surface to be coated in the path of liquid flowing from the nozzle and out of contact with the supporting means, and means for continuously circulating the liquid coating material through the receptacle and nozzle.

4. ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination of a receptacle for liquid coating material` a discharge nozzle connected with .the receptacle, means for moving a brick over the nozzle in a direction parallel to the longest dimension of the nozzle outlet with the surface to be coated in the path of liquid iowing from the nozzle.

5. In a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination of a receptacle for liquid coating material, a discharge nozzle connected with the receptacle, means' for moving a brick over the nozzle in a direction parallel to the longest dimension of the nozzle outlet with the surface to be coated in the path of liquid flowing from the nozzle, the width of the nozzle outlet being less than that of the surface to be coated.

G. In a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination with a receptacle for liquid coating material, and means for delivering liquid from said receptacle in an upward direction, of means for supporting a series of brick and carrying them across the path of liquid withdrawn from the receptacle, said means engaging opposite sides of the bricks beyond the surface to be coated.

7. ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination with a receptacle for liquid coating material, and means for delivering liquid from said receptacle in an upward direction, of means for conil'eying a series of brick past said liquid delivering means and including frictional ripping devices adapted to engage the bri ks at points outside of the area of surfac s to be coated.

8./in a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination with a receptacle for liquid coating material, and means for delivering liquid from said receptacle in an upwarddirection, of means for supporting a series of brick by engagement with opposite sides thereof and conveying them past the liquid delivering means with their lower surfaces in position to be uniformly coated with said liquid, the engage'- ment of the conveying means with the brick being above the path of the coating liquid and means for removing any coating that flows onto the sides of the bricks.

9. ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick the combination with a receptacle for liquid coating material, and means for delivering liquid from said receptacle in an upward direction, of means for supporting a series of brick and conveying them past the liquid delivering means with their lower surfaces in position to be uniformly coated with said liquid, and abrading means arranged to automatically act upon the sides of each brick after it has passedthe coating devices.

10. lin a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination with a receptacle for liquid coating material, anda nozzle arranged to deliver liquid. from said receptacle 1n an upward direction, of

movingthem past the'nozzle ,withithe sur#t faces to be coated in the path of liquid ilow ing therefrom, `and y'means ,pr 'o]ect1ng y into the space separating and preventing con, c;

o farawith:

tobel coated arranged in horizontal.. posi-- "tion in the pathv of .liquid flowing from the tact between successive bricks inthe series while passing over the coating devices?" 1l. In a machine forjapplying a liquid f coating to brick, the combination of `elevated conveyer means adapted to support a` series of brick with the surfaces to be coat? s be coated in the'path'of liquid flowing from ed depending therefrom and held in horibe coated as 'the brick nozzle by the conveyer.

12. In a mach-ine .for 'applying a liquid vzontal position, and liquid coating-.meansfgincluding a nozzle arranged below and-hav# ing its outlet parallel with the' surfaces to are carried over th'e '.'receptaclefor liquid coating material and coating to brick, the combination of 'a sup- .porting frame, a receptaclefor'liquid-coat ing materiaLa nozzle connected with said]` receptacle and. adapted :to discharge liquid f in an upward direction, conveying means adapted to support a series of brick and f carry them .over the nozzle with the surfaces to be coated depending therefrom' and held in horizontal position, and means for redescribed.

moving any coating that may ow upwardly"- on vto the sides of the bricks.

13. ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination of a supporting frame, a receptacle. for liquid coating material, a nozzle connected with Said receptacle and adapted to discharge liquid in an upward direction, .conveying means adapted to support a series of brick and carry them over the nozzle with the surfaces" to be coated depending therefrom and held in horizontal position, a brush adapted to contact with the surfaces'to be coated -be-v ,ore the bricks pass the coating devices, means vfor removing from the v,s1des of each brick any coating adhering, thereto.

lll; ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combinatlon of a supporting frame, a receptacle for liquid coating material, anozzle connected with said receptacle and adapted to discharge liquid in an upward direction, conveying means per of said sections.

vertically. f

`'tacle through the-nozzle, a drain "pan" sup- 'ported below thehozzle and connected with the nozzle, Yand. means' for ad] ,nozzleand drain-pan vertically. 1y A 16. In a machine for applyingIa-.fliquid the liquid receptacle, conveying means for. supporting a] series of bricks and carrying them past 'the' nozzlewiththesurfaces to Q nozzle, and means for adjusting the nozzle.` 1 means for supporting a series ofbrick and'.

coating to brick., the .combination of a sup; porting frame, a receptacle for liquid c oatv-y v -v i'ng 1naterial,' a nozzle. above -the receptacle, :means for forcing liquid from-the recep-y ustingthe f adapted to deliver'. liquid therefrom in an thereof-'to'.be'coated in the path of' liquid -ilowing from the. nozzle, 'said conveying means engaging opposite sides'of a brick,

coated surfaces uppermost, substantially as 18.`l In; a1machine for applying'laliquid coating to 1brick, the combination with a 'receptacle for liquid .coating material, and

anozzle.4 connected with the receptacle 'and adapted to deliver liquidtherefrom in anl upward direction, of guide ways comprising two substantially parallell sections arranged one above the other, anda series of brick supporting 'trucks mounted tol move along said ways, the bricks being vcarried past the upward directionyof means .for conveying- I bricks past 'the nozzlewith the surfaces v n and positioning the'coated bricks with the nozzle with the surfaces toy be coated in the path ofv vliquidflowing therefrom as the trucks traverse .the lower of said parallel sections and having their coated'surfaces uppermost when the trucks' are on the up- 19. ln a machine ceptacle for liquid coating material, and-a -nozzle connected with the-receptacle and adapted to deliverliquid therefrom in an -upward direction, of 'means for conveying adapted to support a series of brick. and

carry them over the nozzle with the sur faces to be coated depending therefrom and held in horizontal position, and means for adjusting the nozzle vertically.

15. ln a machine for applying aliquid vcoating to brick, the combination ofa supporting frame, a receptacle for liquid coatv ing material, a nozzle above the receptacle, means for forcing liquid from the receptacle through the nozzle, conveying means for supporting a series of bricks and carrying them past the-nozzle with the surfaces bricks past the nozzle with the surfaces thereofto be coated in thepath of liquid iiowin from the nozzle and comprising a plurality of pairs of 'clamping members, each pair being adapted to engage the sides of a brick atl points beyond the margins of the ,surface to be coate 20. In a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination of an ele- `vated frame formed of channel bars -a receptacle 4for liquid coating material, means for delivering liquid from the receptacle in an upward direction beneath said frame,

for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination with a remeans for conveying brick past the deliver- -for` delivering liquid from the receptacle in an upward direction beneath said frame, means for conveying bricks past the delivering means With the surfaces to be coated in position to receive liquid therefrom and comprising a series oi pairs .of clamps supported by means guided in the channel bars of the elevated frame, a plurality of threaded shafts engaging said channel frame bars, and a control shaft geared to said threaded shafts, whereby the clamps are adapted to properly engage bricks of diierent thickness.

22. ln a'machine orapplying a liquid .coating to brick, the combination of a receptacle for liquid coating material, means for delivering liquid from said receptacle in an upward direction, a guide Way formed of parallel channel bars above the liquid denieeesi livering means, a series of brick' supporting clamps adapted to move longitudinally of said guide Way past the liquid delivering means While maintaining the surfaces of the bricks therein to be coated in the path oft liquid delivered by said means, and means for automatically releasing each clamp after it has passed the liquid coating means.

23. ln a machine for applying a liquid coating to brick, the combination of a receptacle for liquid coating material, means for delivering liquid from said receptacle in an upward direction, a guide Way formed of f parallel channel bars above the liquid delivering means, a series of trucks supported by said channel bars and each comprising two clamping jaws adapted to engage cpposite sides of a brick and support the surface to be coated in positionto receive liquid from said delivering means as the brick is carried thereby, a spring acting constantly to separate the jaws of each truck, and relatively stationary guides arranged /to coperate with the clamps to maintain them in closed relation.

llii testimony whereof l aiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK B. YlNGLlN-G.

Witnesses RGBERT J. Simian, RUTH Priirrs. 

